golden scales

"how?"

"The engineering battalion is only equipped with short soldiers," Chen Dedao, "there are more and more labor camps and hard labor. I am afraid that one day there will be an accident, and if the bullets cannot be suppressed, there will be another wave of rebels roaring in the mountains and forests."

"Well, you want to arm the engineering battalion?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The humble post really has this intention." Chen Desheng was afraid that the Crown Prince would be suspicious, so he quickly explained: "In fact, the engineering battalion doesn't spend much time on road construction, quarrying, and transportation, and even if it takes half a day to practice, it won't be too much of a hindrance. The progress of the project. And now there are many villains assigned by the bandit suppression in the hard labor camp, and they have to be supervised. The humble official thinks that as long as the engineer battalion is distributed with rattan armor and shields, and the mallets are used as weapons, the riots can be suppressed. There won't be a lot of casualties."

Zhu Cihong also felt that tens of thousands of people were arranged for forced labor. If there is not enough labor, it is indeed easy to cause problems.It's still early now, even if someone connects in series, it may not explode, and it will be hard to say in the future.Moreover, when Bahana and Shi Tingzhu are resolved, the Luxi area will gradually transition from Class B to Class A. There will inevitably be more local bandits, troublemakers, and evil gentry sent to labor camps.

"Yes." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "After this battle is over, I will give you a part of the captured weapons. But don't waste it, since you have received weapons, you still have to practice."

Chen De grinned: "Then please assign it to the staff, Your Highness."

"Well," Zhu Cihong said generously, "the medical team will also match you up."

Chen De was overjoyed, and immediately gave a military salute excitedly.

Zhu Cihong turned his gaze to the northeast, and just when he was talking to Chen De, a black column of smoke rose slowly, which was the beacon for the police.

Under the telescope, the horseshoes raised dust high, and the long-awaited Manchurian cavalry finally revealed their true colors.

The hands on Tessie's clock pointed steadily to four.At this time when the sun was slanting westward, the first fart Donglu sentry cavalry appeared on the horizon facing the light.He stopped in front of an old tree with a crooked neck, and looked at the Ming army position in front of him from a distance.

The trunk of the old tree was smeared with thick white and red clay, indicating that it was the end of the effective range of the artillery: 150 feet.That is one mile.

The experienced Donglu sentry cavalry slowly let the horse move forward, and more cavalry emerged behind him.The Donglu cavalry spread out in an irregular formation, pressed forward to a distance of 96 feet, and stopped their horses.This distance is exactly the traditional safe distance of two hundred steps, and no weapon other than artillery can hit that far.

Liu Si, who arrived on the battlefield in time, took his own tank division array in front of the parapet to protect the tiger squatting guns lined up, and confronted more and more Donglu cavalry.Above their heads is an arrow-proof shed built with door panels and bamboo and wood to guard against enemy bows and arrows.

Those who can enter this division are courageous people.Even soldiers who were not very courageous would be infected by their comrades and become bolder after entering.

"Your Highness, don't you wear armor?" Min Ziruo stepped forward and asked, he had already put on the newly issued Shanwen Armor.

This set of standard Shanwen armor weighs more than 30 kilograms, and the herringbone-shaped armor is densely connected together. Compared with ordinary iron scale armor, it is lighter and has better protection.On Min Ziruo's chest.There is also a round copper heart mirror and a copper tiger head belly guard on the abdomen.Armguards on both shoulders.There are guard feet on the feet and iron arms on the hands. After wearing the whole set, you will be a shining iron man.

Since Donggong launched this Shanwen armor as the standard equipment for generals and personal guards, even those who prefer leather armor are hard to be tempted.

But Zhu Cihong didn't like wearing such a suit for no reason and standing on the battlefield, it was too heavy and tiring.And his safety is guaranteed, this mountain bag is behind the position.If Donglu was able to endanger him, then Xiao Mo must have been defeated, and he should have retreated to Dezhou City long ago.

"Not yet?" You Shiwei became a little impatient.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mo's central army sent a signal to respond to the flag.The flags were raised one after another, and the whole position suddenly surged with masculinity.

The Donglu cavalry in the distance were quite surprised.Jia Lazhangjing, who led the team, was even more surprised.He himself is an Donglu warrior who has experienced many battles. He has never seen the Ming army who dared to line up outside the city from Dalinghe until now.Looking at it more carefully, the equipment and lineup of this Ming army are also very different from the previous Ming army, and there are artillery placed in front of the formation.

"Master, these Ming troops are a bit different!" Jialazhangjing's guards rode back: "They built a wall, and they couldn't see how many people were behind the wall. However, there were about a dozen cannons exposed. "

Jia Lazhangjing frowned, and said: "The ones in front are all infantry, and I don't see where their horse soldiers are. Spread out the team and test it first."

"Hey!" The guard galloped to deliver the order.

The Donglu cavalry quickly spread out to the left and right flanks, with about fifty cavalry, as if they were going to encircle the Dezhou position.

boom!

A flash of fire burst out from the ground, and the twenty or so cavalry on Donglu's left wing immediately scattered into chaos.The detonated landmines ejected a large amount of soil, stones, iron nails, armor pieces... Pushed by a large amount of gunpowder, they took the lives of the surrounding cavalry in a circular shape.

At such a short distance, the armor of Donglu's vest couldn't stop these sharp projectiles at all, and just one shot killed six cavalrymen.

According to the difference in the length of the fuse and the burning speed, three or five more landmines were detonated, and the cavalry on the left immediately retreated one after another, for fear of stepping on something again.

When Jia Lazhangjing saw his men and horses fell to the ground, he was quite heartbroken.He spat: "Cowardly savage! Come on, let's go up and scare them."

The guard next to him licked his lips and said with a sinister smile: "My servant, tell them to open their eyes."

A group of more than ten Donglu cavalry lined up in a row, mobilized their horses, and rushed towards the front of the Ming army.They stopped steadily at eighty steps, and they took their bows one after another to diffuse.Generally, the Ming army will release the blunderbuss at this time, but in fact, it is difficult for the blunderbuss to penetrate the iron armor of the armored soldiers at eighty paces.

The scattered light arrows were not very lethal, partly blocked by the anti-arrow shed, and even if the other part fell into the formation, it was stopped by the iron armor.If it is the collective diffusion of a large group of people, it may still cause dozens of casualties, but it is only a dozen or so riders, which is really meaningless.

These cavalry quickly rushed into a distance of fifty steps, which was the effective killing range of the Ming army's firecrackers.They knew very well that at this distance, the iron armor on their bodies could not protect them.But they knew better that the firearms of the Ming army were not accurate enough to hit the scattered cavalry like them.

There were two courageous cavalrymen from the East, who simply got off their horses, changed their bows, and shot flat with their bows.

The Ming army still did not fire their guns.

"They don't have guns, do they?" Jia Lazhangjing was puzzled.He was about to order the guards to come back when he suddenly heard a burst of laughter from the Ming army.

Amidst the laughter, a Donglu armored soldier fell off his horse and fell to the ground, motionless.

It was the sharpshooters in the Ming army who were shooting at each other.

From Dalinghe to now, no Ming army has dared to provoke the Manchurian soldiers like this!

Jia Lazhangjing was furious and shouted loudly in Manchu: "Right wing charge!"

The cavalry of the Donglu Brigade rushed to the right, but they didn't expect that the right was also covered by landmines.This time the Donglu did not retreat, being scorned and insulted made them deliberately kill the Ming army in front of them.They braved the landmines one after another, and after paying more than ten casualties, they rushed into the eighty-step horse bow diffusion area.

Before they could open their bows and shoot arrows, the Type [-] Battalion Artillery, which had adjusted its shooting angle, finally fired a round of powerful shots.

A cannonball just penetrated the cavalry formation, tore more than ten people and fell to the ground, then jumped up and hit the chest of a war horse. It was obvious that its breast ribs were sunken, and it neighed.Immediately, Donglu fell to the ground, his leg was broken.

Xiao Mo looked at this bloody scene in the binoculars, and there was no disturbance.After experiencing the fierce battle to survive from the dead, he has already taken life and death very lightly.What worries him now is whether the [-]th headquarters has moved to the blocking position.The cavalry without enough mobility in their hands would easily let these eastern captives escape. If they could not block their retreat, it would be a waste of combat power to rush into close combat with soldiers. (To be continued..)

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